Passage Explorer
Word study · Greek

prothymía

readiness, eagerness

Say it: proth-oo-MEE-ah (approximate)

προθυμία

What it means

Willingness, a ready mind. In 8:11-12, the readiness to want to give, which Paul says is as important as the gift itself: "if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has."

Range of meaning

  • ReadinessEagerness to act.
  • WillingnessGood will.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 8

    "The readiness to will" (8:11-12, 8:19).

Every verse (4)

Verses where G4288 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources